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The Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4

Every episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)
    9.2/10(6080 votes)

    #1 - The Best of Both Worlds (2)

    S4:E1

    Stardate: 44001.4. Riker must pull out all the stops in order to save Earth from a Borg invasion being lead by none other than Locutus - otherwise known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Michael Piller

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  2. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 2 - Family
    8.3/10(5007 votes)

    #2 - Family

    S4:E2

    Stardate 44012.3. Picard meets with his older brother in France, and contemplates resigning his Starfleet commission after his ordeal with the Borg. Worf's adoptive parents spend time with their son on the Enterprise, and succeed in embarrassing him in front of his crewmates.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  3. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 3 - Brothers
    7.7/10(4123 votes)

    #3 - Brothers

    S4:E3

    Stardate: 44085.7 While escorting a seriously ill boy to the closest Federation Starbase for treatment, Data mysteriously takes control of the Enterprise and takes it to a distant planet. He learns that his creator has summoned him for an important meeting that could change his life. However, Dr. Soong unknowingly summoned Data's twin brother Lore, into the bargain.

    Director:Rob Bowman
    Writer:Rick Berman

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  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 4 - Suddenly Human
    6.4/10(3754 votes)

    #4 - Suddenly Human

    S4:E4

    Stardate: 44143.7. A custody battle between Picard and a child's adoptive father arises when a boy showing evidence of abuse is discovered.

    Director:Gabrielle Beaumont
    Writers:Ralph Phillips, Jeri Taylor

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  5. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 5 - Remember Me
    7.8/10(4373 votes)

    #5 - Remember Me

    S4:E5

    Stardate: 44161.2. Dr. Crusher begins to question her sanity when members of the crew start disappearing one by one, and all evidence of their existence is erased.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Lee Sheldon

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  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 6 - Legacy
    6.7/10(3686 votes)

    #6 - Legacy

    S4:E6

    Stardate: 44215.2. The Enterprise is caught in the middle of a civil war when they encounter Tasha Yar's long-lost younger sister, Ishara.

    Director:Robert Scheerer
    Writer:Joe Menosky

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  7. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 7 - Reunion
    8.3/10(4252 votes)

    #7 - Reunion

    S4:E7

    Stardate: 44246.3. Picard is asked to choose between two candidates to succeed the current Chancellor of the Klingon High Council as the new ruler of the Empire. Worf is disturbed by unexpected news when he is paid a visit by his former lover.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writers:Thomas Perry, Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga

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  8. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 8 - Future Imperfect
    7.7/10(4162 votes)

    #8 - Future Imperfect

    S4:E8

    Stardate: 44286.5. Riker awakens one morning to discover he is suddenly 16 years in the future as the captain of the Enterprise, and negotiating a peace treaty with the Romulans with no recollection of how he arrived at that point in time, or of any recent events.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writers:David Bennett Carren, J. Larry Carroll

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  9. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 9 - Final Mission
    6.7/10(3709 votes)

    #9 - Final Mission

    S4:E9

    Stardate: 44307.3. Wesley must keep Captain Picard alive on the eve of his entrance exam to Starfleet Academy when their shuttle crashes on a barren moon.

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Jeri Taylor

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  10. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 10 - The Loss
    6.0/10(3595 votes)

    #10 - The Loss

    S4:E10

    Stardate: 44356.9. Troi loses her empathic abilities when the Enterprise is caught in the gravitational pull of a black hole.

    Director:Chip Chalmers
    Writer:Hilary Bader

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  11. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 11 - Data's Day
    8.1/10(4392 votes)

    #11 - Data's Day

    S4:E11

    Stardate: 44356.9. A Vulcan Ambassador being escorted by the Enterprise starts exhibiting suspicious behavior. Miles O'Brien marries his fiancée, Keiko Ishikawa in Ten-Forward.

    Director:Robert Wiemer
    Writer:Ronald D. Moore

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  12. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 12 - The Wounded
    8.2/10(4169 votes)

    #12 - The Wounded

    S4:E12

    Stardate: 44429.6. When the Cardassians start re-arming themselves, a Federation Captain takes it upon himself to remove a potential threat before it escalated. Now, Picard must fight for the Cardassians and stop the renegade from slaughtering innocents.

    Director:Chip Chalmers
    Writers:Stuart Charno, Jeri Taylor, Sara B. Cooper

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  13. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 13 - Devil's Due
    7.2/10(3943 votes)

    #13 - Devil's Due

    S4:E13

    Stardate: 44474.5. The crew of the Enterprise must defend the planet Ventax from a mythological Devil who re-appears when a 1000 year long era of peace comes to an end.

    Director:Tom Benko
    Writer:Philip LaZebnik

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  14. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 14 - Clues
    8.2/10(4397 votes)

    #14 - Clues

    S4:E14

    Stardate: 44502.7. Picard orders a secret investigation when the crew suspects Data of lying about the discovery of a wormhole.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Joe Menosky

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  15. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 15 - First Contact
    8.1/10(4266 votes)

    #15 - First Contact

    S4:E15

    Riker is abducted by a xenophobic race of aliens during a first contact mission. They believe the Enterprise is a scout for an invasion.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writers:Marc Scott Zicree, David Bischoff, Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore, Michael Piller

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  16. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 16 - Galaxy's Child
    7.0/10(3665 votes)

    #16 - Galaxy's Child

    S4:E16

    Stardate: 44614.6. Geordi must work with the real Leah Brahms when she arrives on the Enterprise when a space-borne alien life form thinks the ship is its mother. Tensions rise when she learns that Geordi created a holographic version of her several months before in order to save the ship from danger.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writers:Maurice Hurley, Joe Menosky

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  17. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 17 - Night Terrors
    7.1/10(3704 votes)

    #17 - Night Terrors

    S4:E17

    Stardate: 44631.2. Troi faces a recurring nightmare when the Enterprise is caught in a rift in space. Soon, the crew begins to slip into insanity through dream deprivation.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writers:Pamela Douglas, Jeri Taylor

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  18. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 18 - Identity Crisis
    6.7/10(3511 votes)

    #18 - Identity Crisis

    S4:E18

    Stardate: 44664.5. Geordi and a former crew mate begin evolving into bizarre creatures when they return to a planet both of them were on during an Away Mission five years earlier.

    Director:Winrich Kolbe
    Writer:Brannon Braga

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  19. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 19 - The Nth Degree
    7.9/10(4056 votes)

    #19 - The Nth Degree

    S4:E19

    Stardate: 44704.2. An alien probe transforms Barclay from a shy, awkward character into an arrogant super-genius who is able to interface with the Enterprise's computer through the holodeck.

    Director:Robert Legato
    Writer:Joe Menosky

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  20. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 20 - Qpid
    7.2/10(3912 votes)

    #20 - Qpid

    S4:E20

    Stardate:44741.9. Q places Vash and the senior Enterprise crew in a recreation of Robin Hood and his merry men.

    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Ira Steven Behr

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  21. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 21 - The Drumhead
    8.4/10(4796 votes)

    #21 - The Drumhead

    S4:E21

    Stardate: 44769.2. Picard is accused of treason when an explosion aboard the Enterprise is investigated by a ruthless and paranoid Starfleet Admiral.

    Director:Jonathan Frakes
    Writer:Jeri Taylor

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  22. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 22 - Half a Life
    7.3/10(3776 votes)

    #22 - Half a Life

    S4:E22

    Stardate: 44805.3. Lwaxana Troi falls in love with a man who must return home to commit suicide, as is customary for their race when they reach a certain age.

    Director:Les Landau
    Writer:Peter Allan Fields

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  23. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 23 - The Host
    6.4/10(3493 votes)

    #23 - The Host

    S4:E23

    Startdate: 44821.3. Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill Ambassador, until she discovers the Trill's symbiotic relationship.

    Director:Marvin V. Rush
    Writer:Michel Horvat

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  24. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 24 - The Mind's Eye
    7.7/10(3618 votes)

    #24 - The Mind's Eye

    S4:E24

    Stardate: 44885.5. While en route to Risa for shore leave, Geordi is abducted by the Romulans and brainwashed into becoming an assassin.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:René Echevarria

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  25. Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 4 Episode 25 - In Theory
    7.1/10(3566 votes)

    #25 - In Theory

    S4:E25

    Stardate: 44932.3. Data experiences the complexities of love when a fellow crewmate becomes attracted to him.

    Director:Patrick Stewart
    Writers:Joe Menosky, Ronald D. Moore

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"The Best of Both Worlds (2)" is the best rated episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" season 4. It scored 9.2/10 based on 6080 votes. Directed by Cliff Bole and written by Michael Piller, it aired on 9/24/1990. This episode is rated 0.9 points higher than the second-best, "Family".